You’ve come to the right place. Since 1924, Toastmasters International has helped more than 4 million people just like you, from around the world, become more confident speakers and leaders.

Toastmasters International is a world leader in communication and leadership development, with more than 345,000 members in over 15,900 clubs in 142 countries. This network of clubs and their learn-by-doing programme are sure to help you improve.

Toastmasters will give you the skills and confidence you need to express yourself effectively in any situation. Whether you are a professional, student, stay-at-home parent or retired, Toastmasters is the most efficient, enjoyable and affordable way of gaining great communication skills. You'll learn how to:

Formulate and express your ideas effectively

Be more persuasive and confident when giving presentations

Improve your one-on-one dealings with others

Don't delay! Become the speaker and leader you want to be. Confident, charismatic leaders weren't born that way. As you progress in Toastmasters, you'll get to practice your skills by organising and conducting meetings and motivating others to help you. Become a better negotiator. Gain trust. Inspire your team.

Visit our next meeting - guests are most welcome. You won't regret it!

"It is useless for sheep to pass a resolution in favor of vegetarianism while wolves remain of a different opinion." - William Randolph Inge

Toastmasters Mission

The Toastmasters MissionA statement of shared values

Every Toastmasters club shares the same mission, clearly defined in the following mission statement:

We provide a supportive and positive learning experience in which members are empowered to develop communication and leadership skills, resulting in greater selfconfidence and personal growth.

Through this mission, each Toastmaster gains a clear understanding of the club's purpose, and the organization as a whole benefits from a shared set of values and goals.

Toastmasters - trying this recap for the first time on easy-speak.....

Word of the Day (Lady Katherine): luculent (adj). clear or easily understood; lucid.

Quote of the Day (Chris T.):

"I, in my own mind, have always thought of America as a place in the divine scheme of things that was set aside as a promised land. It was set here and the price of admission was very simple: the means of selection was very simple as to how this land should be populated. Any place in the world and any person from those places; any person with the courage, with the desire to tear up their roots, to strive for freedom, to attempt and dare to live in a strange and foreign place, to travel halfway across the world was welcome here." - Ronald Reagan

Joke of the Day (Pennie): The inventor of the cough drop died. There will be no coffin at his funeral. Was that it Pennie?

Toastmaster of the Day was Cristobal, and he led a buff? meeting. We had two speakers. Chris Trautman won the best speaker award with his very first speech, talking about life lesson getting fired from Target when he was 16 years old. Who knew he was a borderline fugitive? I gave a humorous talking about being down and out in New Orleans. Really down and out.

Table Topics Master was Toni, choosing the overall theme Seasons of Change. And everyone participated! Kudos to guests Kathleen and Sandy for participating, and congrats to Pujan for taking the ribbon.

Lady Katherine won the Best Evaluation Award, pretty good for her first time. It was a squeaker over Tom. If Tom evaluated me instead of Lady Katherine he would have won.

Nice of Lady Katherine to bring in Columbian candy treats for her role as Listen Up. You have never seen such focus from our members…….

And since I did not do this recap in a while, welcome new members Chris,Adam and Pennie.

I will be in Beaver Creek next week skiing, so I will miss Monday. Cristobal will fill in my role. Have a great time!